Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 184 Mission: 03-4 The Devil's Web
Speaking of raccoon dogs, they are small canines native to East Asia, characterized by brown fur and black patches around their eyes.

"貉" is the Chinese name for this animal. Across the sea, in another country, it is called "Huali," or "raccoon cat," a monster that excels at transforming.

The enemies hiding near Nero are of the latter type. As mentioned earlier, the eastern section of the Little Garden corresponds to the East Asian cultural sphere, so naturally there are large communities from this culture. The Alliance of Eight Million Great Gods is one of them. This raccoon cat monster is likely a member of this group.

Interestingly, an animal named after the character "貉" also exists there, and its original form is the Chinese word for badger. Therefore, although both sides use the idiom "貉 of the same hill", they refer to two completely different creatures.

Now that Nero knew the other party's true identity, he naturally understood how to respond. Legend has it that a raccoon cat can transform into anything by simply placing a leaf on its head, and this situation must be similar. This youkai, covered in grass or something else, completely transformed into a plant, and even Echidna didn't notice anything was wrong.

However, as soon as Nero lets it truly work and tries to control nearby plants, she'll be exposed.

However, Nero didn't know yet that his particularly high-profile "call" just now had drawn the camera back to himself.

"Nero Fortuna, honestly, I've never heard of that name. The gifted weapon she's wielding seems to have the ability to control plants. The other side looks dangerous."

Amidst Shiroyasha's gloating voice, the emerald snake-belly sword silently passed through the branches, quickly reaching the location where the "echo" had come from. At Nero's instruction, it wrapped around the nearest branch, the tip of which instantly pierced into it, infusing a small amount of magic power into the branch.

The "demonization" begins and is completed instantly.

After completing the control over the tree itself, Nero asked Echidna to stay still, and the magic power began to spread along the roots to the surrounding area, demonizing the small plants growing near the roots as well.

As a result, the only clump of weeds near the tree that looked harmless but had not been demonized by Echidna became particularly conspicuous.

"Now it depends on whether the one from Shao Yanming can notice it..."

Kuro Usagi watched the scene with a sorrowful heart - because from what she had heard, the contestant from the community of the Eight Million Great Gods Alliance, the [Shouhikina], paid no attention to the sudden shaking of the branches of the tree behind them, and was still staring intently at Nero's position.

However, although Kuro Usagi was saddened by the fact that this contestant was about to be eliminated, it was not because she had any favoritism towards the contestant, but because of Shiroyasha's gloating laughter.

The reason for this was that the contestant who had used the transformation technique had used grass stems, vines, and leaves to create a "coat" to cover her body. In other words, she had violated the "swimming suit" clause set by Shiroyasha.

Of course, even though she was wearing a swimsuit, what was the point of wearing one if she was wearing a coat or jacket over it so no one could see it? Shiroyasha certainly wouldn't allow that to happen.

At this moment, Black Rabbit could only pray that this contestant would have the chance to take off his disguise himself, otherwise she couldn't bear to watch what happened next.

Unfortunately, this is what happened.

Right beside the raccoon cat, transformed into a bush, the plants transformed by the Serpent's Belly Sword Demon sprang into action with lightning speed. Branches, vines, weeds... a whole range of plants transformed into ropes, encircling her.

The raccoon cat spirit instantly jumped up, unleashing the spell and attempting to escape. However, it was too late. On the screen, one could clearly see Nero, with rabbit ears on his head, already on the ground. A pink light flashed in his eyes again, and he raised his gun and quickly pulled the trigger. "Little raccoon cat, don't run~"

Nero transformed the lewd voice that could destroy other people's minds into words and fired it together with the bullets, hitting the target accurately.

The raccoon cat spirit instantly lost the idea of ​​escaping and stood there with a blank stare.

After confirming that the illusion bullet had taken effect, Nero stretched out his thumb and pushed the cylinder of the pistol, firing his second bullet.

"Come on, come to me~"

The hypnotic bullets also took effect. Just like that, the raccoon demon, its large, pale yellow eyes wide open, seemingly transformed into whirlpools, walked towards them defenselessly.

Then, Nero seized the opportunity and swung his snake-belly sword, precisely severing several branches. A vine web mixed with spider silk descended from the sky, perfectly enveloping the raccoon cat spirit.

"what……"

Black Rabbit made a short sound and sighed in his heart: It's over.

"Nero was truly well-prepared, securing victory the moment he struck. Another contestant has been eliminated—let's look forward to what happens next!"

A snap of the fingers echoed as the raccoon cat spirit was caught. Nero put away his pistol and lifted the hypnosis on her. The raccoon cat spirit woke up and immediately found herself trapped in a huge, sticky bird-catching net. Before she could even begin to feel regretful, her expression changed immediately.

A strange hissing sound emanated from her. The raccoon spirit, sitting on the ground with the net on its head, looked down and discovered that its coat, crafted from grass leaves and a magical technique, was being corroded by the slime oozing from the net. Confusion filled its eyes.

After being stunned for a moment, Nero suddenly understood, and his thoughts changed from "No way, this is too much" to "So this is the content that requires 'you bear the consequences at your own risk'", and he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Soon, the civet cat spirit's body was covered with similar slime. When her coat had almost completely disappeared and even the swimsuit she was wearing underneath began to have holes, she finally panicked.

The following content was muted on the screen. For this contestant who broke the rules, she soon received the real punishment from Baiyasha.

Yes, a real punishment. This slime, which Shiroyasha had placed in all of his traps, would be released if a contestant was found wearing anything other than a swimsuit. Its effects weren't just corroding clothing; it also caused intense itching on the skin it touched.

Looking at the raccoon girl in the picture, her face flushed red, her fingers unconsciously wanting to scratch her itchy skin but not daring to move her hands, so she could only wriggle on the ground. Shiroyasha shook his folding fan and laughed sinisterly.

(End of this chapter)